Category: Government

St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes reminds Historic City News readers that new voter registrations and party changes for the August 28, 2018 Primary Election must be completed by Monday July 30th.

Historic City News readers are encouraged to mark their calendar for a series of meetings coming in August. These meetings will provide an opportunity for the public to address city officials concerning the Fiscal Year 2019 budget. These meetings will be held in the Alcazar Room of City Hall, located at 75 King Street, and…

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Not yet out of the woods on contextualization issues related to their plan to patronize a favored local vendor under a tortured theory of the governing municipal ordinance, the city’s manager, John Regan, and attorney, Isabelle Lopez, are again dancing around a controversy that threatens the taxpayers of the City of St Augustine with a…

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Historic City News learned today that in an email last Thursday to City Manager John Regan, Harold Bishop of Red Moon Properties, LLC, explained; “Due to the latest discovery work done on the building at 9 Aviles, and the resulting steps needed to be in compliance with local and state requirements, we are open to…

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This week, one of seven of St Augustine City Manager John Regan’s hand-picked panelist, chosen to serve on an ostensibly impartial, unbiased and “balanced” committee, whose task it was to recommend “contextualization” of the city’s 1879 American Civil War memorial, tried to marginalize Mayor Nancy Shaver’s reaction to his recommendation to use inflammatory language on…

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In her latest failure as a legal adviser to the City of St Augustine board of city commissioners, City Attorney Isabelle C. Lopez was silent during a vote called by Vice Mayor Todd Neville to move forward with plans to “contextualize” the city’s 1879 Confederate Soldiers Memorial.

The Republican Party of Florida’s acting chair in St Johns County, Jerry Cameron, was confirmed by election on Monday evening July 2, 2018, to serve as chairman of the local Executive Committee for the 2018-2019 term.

As part of a multi-phase Parks and Recreation Master Plan update process, St Johns County Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting two community meetings that will focus on three main topics, including: (1) Master Plan Update and Summary (2) Overview of the Needs Assessment (3) Needs and Expectations for Recreation